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Discover the wide range of personal papers, manuscripts and organisational archives held in the Archives and Manuscripts Collection.

The Archives and Manuscripts Collection covers a broad range of themes relating to health and medicine. Unpublished material, drafts, notes, letters, photographs and more can be found in personal papers, manuscripts and organisational archives held at the Wellcome Library.

These guides highlight some of the most interesting collections or items by topic. Where the Library has particularly strong collections on a topic, we have created in-depth sources guides in the Archives and Manuscripts catalogue of the material available to researchers.

Alcohol and drugs

Research primary source material from the Archives and Manuscripts Collection about alcohol, drugs and smoking.